Plato · thesis 5>60

Thesis 5>60

Latin

Per id quod in Lachete dicitur: Quorumcumque est scientia non esse aliam eorundem ut preteritorum, aliam ut presentium, aliam ut futurorum, illud potest intelligi tritum apud peripateticos, non esse scientiam nisi uniuersalium.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 23209

English

The Laches teaches that, for anything we know, our knowledge of it does not change in kind depending on whether the thing is past, present, or future; from this we can grasp the Peripatetics' familiar maxim, that there is no science except of universals.

Sense checked against farmer1998:23265; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:23265; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 5>, conclusions on the doctrine of Plato) · Pico's stance: endorses